Billcliff became interested in playing a season in Canada and got in contact with the Canadian cricket president via an ICC Development Manager.
Having revealed his place-of-birth, he was immediately chosen for Canada's squad in the 2001 ICC Trophy, and was an important part of the team who achieved a third-place finish, thus progressing to the World Cup. He made important contributions in the World Cup matches, including a 42 in the match against Bangladesh, and a 71 in the match against Kenya.

Billcliff continued to play cricket in New Zealand, but only in club cricket in Auckland where he has played for Cornwall [1]. In the 2006-07 season, he played for the newly formed University/Ellerslie club, a merger between Auckland University Cricket Club and Ellerslie Cricket Club[2].